http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,64464,00.html Onion Routing Averts Prying Eyes By Ann Harrison Story location: http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,64464,00.html 02:00 AM Aug. 05, 2004 PT Computer programmers are modifying a communications system, originally developed by the U.S. Naval Research Lab, to help Internet users surf the Web anonymously and shield their online activities from corporate or government eyes. <SNIP> The Navy is financing the development of a second-generation onion-routing system called Tor, which addresses many of the flaws in the original design and makes it easier to use. The Tor client behaves like a SOCKS proxy (a common protocol for developing secure communication services), allowing applications like Mozilla, SSH and FTP clients to talk directly to Tor and route data streams through a network of onion routers, without long delays. <SNIP> ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :"War is Peace /|\ \|/ : Freedom is Slavery /\|/\ <--*-->: Ignorance is Strength \/|\/ /|\ : Bush is President" - Bret Feinblatt \|/ + v + : -------------------------------------- http://www.sunder.net ------------